Integration Specialist (PR26114)

TMEIC Corporation; Houston (TX); On-site; USD 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

TMEIC Corporation in Houston, TX, is seeking a procurement and supplier integration specialist responsible for overseeing third-party skid and e-house integration and major subcontractors for the business unit.

You will drive supplier selection criteria, manage qualifications, negotiate pricing, lead risk assessments, and coordinate cross-functional teams to meet budgets and schedules, while pursuing cost reduction through standard designs and improved processes.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Electrical, Mechanical, Computer Electronics, or related field or equivalent via education and/or work experience.
• At least 3 years' experience in mechanical integration of AC and DC power control systems or equivalent equipment.
• 3 years' experience qualifying major sub-contractors.
• 3 years' project management experience in a technical environment.
• 2 years' experience participating in sales transaction process for equipment and/or services.
• Demonstrated ability to interpret and apply contract deliverables, terms, and guarantees.
• Demonstrated success developing, implementing, measuring, and improving effective processes.
• Demonstrated successful working relationships with clients, suppliers, and other internal/external contacts.

Responsibilities

• Analyze business unit needs to mitigate integration and major subcontracting supply and delivery risk; recommend solutions and implement.
• Develop and recommend optimal integration and major subcontracting supplier selection criteria.
• Manage qualifications and performance evaluation of integrators and major subcontractors.
• Lead development, revision control, and storage of standard specifications for procurement of integration and subcontracting services.
• Negotiate standard integration pricing matrices and lead-times with suppliers annually; communicate to BU personnel.
• Negotiate non-standard integration pricing as needed with BU personnel.
• Coordinate cross-functional project teams for successful integration scope delivery.
• Provide timely updates on integrator performance, market trends, and supplier relationships to management.
• Track milestones and communicate requirements to sourcing personnel.
• Maintain safety qualifications for assigned tasks to meet safety requirements.

Skills

Project management

Contract negotiation

Leadership

Communication skills

Process improvement

Client relations

Education

Bachelor's degree in Electrical/Mechanical/Computer Electronics

Tools

Oracle

Oracle BI

MS Office

Job description

General Role Description

Ensure the effective design, development, implementation, measurement, and management of processes for third-party skid and e-house integration and other major subcontractors for the business unit (BU).

Role Accountabilities

* Analyze business unit needs to mitigate integration and major subcontracting supply and delivery risk, recommend appropriate solutions, implement as approved

* Develop and recommend optimal integration and major subcontracting supplier selection criteria

* Manage qualifications and performance evaluation of integrators and major subcontractors

* Lead the process of development, revision control, and storage of a standard set of specifications for procurement of integration and subcontracting services, in collaboration with the BU engineering department

* Negotiate standard integration pricing matrix and lead-times with suppliers, not less than annually, and communicate to appropriate BU personnel

* Negotiate non-standard integration pricing, communicating with appropriate BU personnel as needed

* Identify and recommend integration and subcontracting service providers with optimal quality, cost, and delivery qualifications

* Identify opportunities to maximize savings integration and subcontracting services

* Drive continuous cost reduction via standard integration design

* Design, develop, and implement a tool for opportunity tracking status

* Track non-conformance reports and cost of quality at integrator and subcontractors, and lead supplier recovery activities

* Ensure timely resolution of all damage claims of integrator parts through collaboration with appropriate personnel

* Coordinate cross-functional project teams, including parent company resources and suppliers, for successful execution of integration scope for business unit projects, ensuring that company objectives are met

* Recommend and implement risk assessment and abatement plan to meet integration budgets, targets, and schedules

* Serve as single point of contact for BU personnel, integrators, and major subcontractors regarding pre-order commitments and post-order deliverables

* Provide timely updates on integrator and major subcontractor performance, integration processes, market trends, project status, and supplier relationships to management

* Identify opportunities and provide recommendations to management for improvements on project execution processes pertinent to major equipment suppliers in the integration chain

* Track and report status of integrator and major subcontractor milestones and report to project management as needed

* Evaluate committed dates for shipment and delivery, in collaboration with Project Manager, and communicate requirements to appropriate sourcing personnel

* Lead respective process component of first article inspection and client witness acceptance test as assigned

* Maintain current safety qualifications appropriate to the assigned tasks to adhere to Company, supplier, and client safety requirements

General Employee Accountabilities

* Bring full effort to bear on tasks assigned by manager

* Give manager best advice

* Give earliest notice when work cannot be delivered as specified

* Cooperate and collaborate with peers and interact cross-organizationally as specified by manager

* Exemplify Company Core Values: Integrity, Client Focus, Team Orientation, and Personal Commitment

* Comply with all Company policies, practices, and procedures and all regulations and laws

* Recommend viable improvements proactively

* Ensure effective utilization of business tools and processes

General Role Description

Ensure the effective design, development, implementation, measurement, and management of processes for third-party skid and e-house integration and other major subcontractors for the business unit (BU).

Role Accountabilities

* Analyze business unit needs to mitigate integration and major subcontracting supply and delivery risk, recommend appropriate solutions, implement as approved

* Develop and recommend optimal integration and major subcontracting supplier selection criteria

* Manage qualifications and performance evaluation of integrators and major subcontractors

* Lead the process of development, revision control, and storage of a standard set of specifications for procurement of integration and subcontracting services, in collaboration with the BU engineering department

* Negotiate standard integration pricing matrix and lead-times with suppliers, not less than annually, and communicate to appropriate BU personnel

* Negotiate non-standard integration pricing, communicating with appropriate BU personnel as needed

* Identify and recommend integration and subcontracting service providers with optimal quality, cost, and delivery qualifications

* Identify opportunities to maximize savings integration and subcontracting services

* Drive continuous cost reduction via standard integration design

* Design, develop, and implement a tool for opportunity tracking status

* Track non-conformance reports and cost of quality at integrator and subcontractors, and lead supplier recovery activities

* Ensure timely resolution of all damage claims of integrator parts through collaboration with appropriate personnel

* Coordinate cross-functional project teams, including parent company resources and suppliers, for successful execution of integration scope for business unit projects, ensuring that company objectives are met

* Recommend and implement risk assessment and abatement plan to meet integration budgets, targets, and schedules

* Serve as single point of contact for BU personnel, integrators, and major subcontractors regarding pre-order commitments and post-order deliverables

* Provide timely updates on integrator and major subcontractor performance, integration processes, market trends, project status, and supplier relationships to management

* Identify opportunities and provide recommendations to management for improvements on project execution processes pertinent to major equipment suppliers in the integration chain

* Track and report status of integrator and major subcontractor milestones and report to project management as needed

* Evaluate committed dates for shipment and delivery, in collaboration with Project Manager, and communicate requirements to appropriate sourcing personnel

* Lead respective process component of first article inspection and client witness acceptance test as assigned

* Maintain current safety qualifications appropriate to the assigned tasks to adhere to Company, supplier, and client safety requirements

General Employee Accountabilities

* Bring full effort to bear on tasks assigned by manager

* Give manager best advice

* Give earliest notice when work cannot be delivered as specified

* Cooperate and collaborate with peers and interact cross-organizationally as specified by manager

* Exemplify Company Core Values: Integrity, Client Focus, Team Orientation, and Personal Commitment

* Comply with all Company policies, practices, and procedures and all regulations and laws

* Recommend viable improvements proactively

* Ensure effective utilization of business tools and processes

• * Bachelor's degree in Electrical, Mechanical, Computer Electronics, or related field or equivalent via education and/or work experience
• * 3 years' experience in mechanical integration of AC and DC power control systems or equivalent equipment
• * 3 years' experience qualifying major sub-contractors
• * 3 years' project management experience in a technical environment
• * 2 years' experience participating in sales transaction process for equipment and/or services
• * Demonstrated ability to interpret and apply knowledge of contract deliverables, terms and conditions, and guarantees
• * Demonstrated success developing, implementing, measuring, and improving effective processes in functional areas
• * Demonstrated successful working relationships with clients, suppliers, and other internal and external contacts
• * Demonstrated successful and positive personal leadership, interpersonal, organizational, administrative, and communication skills
• * Demonstrated continuous improvement in areas of responsibility
• * Proficiency in MS Office
• * Availability to travel, domestically, up to 50%, and internationally, up to 10%, sometimes with limited notice

Preferred Qualifications

* Demonstrated success leading matrix teams

* 5 years of project management experience, including capital and/or construction contracts in excess of $1M per contract

* 5 years of experience in contract negotiation for industrial equipment and services transactions

* Working knowledge of Oracle, Oracle Business Intelligence tools